[W6YRA] W6YRA HAB Planning Meeting - 1 Feb, 3PM

[Kyle Colton]

We identified a few things for individual research this week to be
presented on next week. We had:

- Balloon choice (size, manufacturer, etc.)
- Position reporting system (COTS single board (Big Red Bee), or homebrew)
- Flight termination (Pyrotechnic cutter / burn wire)
- Recovery (Parachute size, make, manufacturer, etc. and spreader ring)
- Radar reflector
- Payload (Temperature, pressure, humidity, accelerometer, gyros, heaters,
data logging)
- Camera (Canon Hacker's Development Kit)

Please email me know if you volunteered for one of those today so I can
send you all the resources and information I have. If you weren't at the
meeting, but want to either research one of these topics or provide
information on one, feel free to email me.

As always, if you have any questions, let me know.

73,

Kyle Colton
KK6ENG



On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Ryan Caron <rcaron at igpp.ucla.edu> wrote:

> A reminder, we will be chatting about the balloon project this afternoon
> in Slichter 2834, after the Tech Class.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Ryan Caron
> Associate Development Engineer
> UCLA - Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
> Tel 310-267-0696   |   Cell 603-801-8233
>
> On 1/30/2014 3:17 PM, Kyle Colton wrote:
>
>> We'll be having another planning meeting for the high altitude balloon
>> (HAB) this Saturday, 1 February starting at around 3pm (immediately
>> after the class). Last week, the class ended a bit early, around 2:30pm,
>> and if it does, we'll start the planning meeting then.
>>
>> Last week, we mostly talked about the general idea and mission
>> requirements, this week, I'd like to go in depth more on some of the
>> design trades (packet reporting, flight termination, sensory, etc). We
>> may also give out a few research projects to be reported on next week.
>>
>> I made a document detailing all the research I've done and all the plans
>> I've made. It's attached (both in PDF and LaTeX form). It's definitely a
>> preliminary draft and I may have made mistakes (in design or in writing).
>>
>> As always, it is strongly recommended you attend the class if you want
>> to participate in the HAB project.
>>
>> If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Kyle Colton
>> KK6ENG
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Ryan Caron <rcaron at igpp.ucla.edu
>> <mailto:rcaron at igpp.ucla.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>     All,
>>
>>     I will be demonstrating some of the major transmission types
>>     for you to see on a SDR "waterfall" display at the start of the class.
>>
>>     Topics covered will include:
>>       * Technician frequency privileges
>>       * Antennas & coax
>>       * Electron flow & ohm's law
>>       * Weak signal propagation
>>       * Emergencies
>>       * Operating Rules
>>
>>     At the end of the class I'll show you how to program some of the
>>     common Handheld-Transceivers with the CHIRP software. This software
>>     supports the popular Baofeng radios, but even some of the rigs from
>>     the classical manufacturers (Yaesu, Kenwood, Icom).
>>
>>     --
>>     Sincerely,
>>     Ryan Caron
>>     Associate Development Engineer
>>     UCLA - Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
>>     Tel 310-267-0696 <tel:310-267-0696>   |   Cell 603-801-8233
>>     <tel:603-801-8233>
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